Vegetable and fruit crusher



Aug. 9, 1927.

G. R.- CATOLDOV VEGETABLE AND FRUIT cRUsHER Aug. 9, 1927.

y G, R. .CATOLDO VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRUSHERv VFiled June @MJ mi .W .M LM. A

' Patented Aug.` 9,1921

- VEGETABLEAND FRUITCRUSER. Y

. 'Vappncatbnnia Jane ga, 1925.v serial No. Sessa l This inventiontoltrnit. and

etbl crushers andV4 has its `principal :0b-

- 'ject-'the provision `Otan apparatus of porta--v ble type which may bemanufactured at relai `5 tively low oost, lwhich isreadily; applicableto or removable from: a receptacle, for example a barrel, into whichthelcrusfhed t'ruitorother material is delivered, .and comprisingrineans adaptedto exert a true crushing' action: vupon thel material asdistinguished Vfrom Va 4inere cuttingpor tearing, together with meansloperativeg to feedhthe material to .the crushing element and preferablycapable of subjectingA the material to`A aetion` y IILfthef accemiverngdrawings e ri?- 1 tratejdl by 4way of eXaniple-.lr' l .Y Y ligg'.-V 1H`is a side.; elevatil on f of the improved ,appar-attra cert ain partsbeing` broken, awa y` ferredeinb'odinnent l'oft"the@YinventionillusandlfcertainT parts-,being ini section substanfIV I" ,\]3`v'"g.f,2is an end elevation-:of y

viewed dironr .the Y rlghtvhand i side fot Fig.v E1, .3 `certainlpartsbeingbrolen awa-y; Sand Fig, 3 l is a; fragmentary vertical Vsectionv.Referringtobthe drawings, the lnuinerall4 designates a substantiallyreetangular l trani-e.V

of cast ironalthough other suitable material maybeeinp'loyed.iiivelesirech fflhis rame'is Y v somewhatlongerthanWideandits ends are furnished. with 'i proj ectincff shoulders f2 and V3supporting bars and l 5.

edges` ofgftransver ely r extending horizontal "These supportinggbarsinayjfbe made of steelor other; suitable materialand eachV bar isfurnished at on'e `end with; a" sliding bracket ,61 acurvedfelawW7.Thesebraekets 6 may beheld inadjustedposition,

upon their respec'tive Abars Vby:( ileeliifa of. ref- @movablegpins9113011251 Sfiafdapd t0 @Belge 45V.'anyseleetedrv x I Y Y A il 'ings 9[1in theicorrespondlng'4 barge ,i

y .Y `At their opposite e cls the bars{fi-4:;*am-lt.

of series offspaced open- Vare: providedy withfs'liding'g brackets 10Vvadapted to be 'held-ginadjusted'positionby means 'of pinsor boltsllentering openingsVV 12 in fthebars: These'gbraclgetsi 10r are giurnished with,l downwardly projecting arinsv13. having internally.scr-ewthre'aded bosses '14 vat their lower ends. A clainpzscrew 15 en.`

gagesl the screw'threade'd -openingfofA each boss 14C and by means ofthe claws-7 .and the a.. prelmin aryY cuttingV open'atjtop'y and bottoniandV preferably inade" respectively; whieh,V bear Y against i .the"upgperx` ,tiveprollors-vare staggered in relation to each4 uethlraoifhjatthe @Self-@ieee Toller. nter-v YInes-h between the teethofthe other. roller.

walls, furnished withvseries of'tvertica v ribs2fand'29respectively:delinino o clamping screws l5/the j apparatus ina-ybey Y i 4 iirinlyc'lainped to theftop. of asuitable1re-Qv ceptacl-esuchforexainple as a barreh the;v end .portions of the :bars'g'v andv5Vresting#G0l across the upper:edge of such; Afece@ad@ .Y

spurl''gear-sfv 19, andyQ() respectively vwhich-7U may be rotated,ithustu ning the shaft' ltliiji 75 the opposite direction.:- V'

The gear,"

19 hasv a jwiderface thanflthe;

gear 2OV and; alsojnelshes withI a,pinio1'1i Y securedto,ashalit23fjournalledf in Aay bear- Y llerena@ in ,the forward :ed`wel.

i `TheShafts 16v naar are provided' Espec-; 1;

tively withferushingi rollsQl and 2 5'whieh Y. A may-*beV of;any...suitable;constructionl Vand l preferably hollow-j tO .SavefweightfThee-'xe e i teriorsurfacesot'thefcrushingrolls are furl'ynished.withfariially spaced circuinferentially'iV l@XtelfdpgaseflsOf'crushllieiteeth 262111@ 2? respectively, The teeth ofeach ffseriesjare suitably; s'pacedvapart .circunaf'erentially Vand im`eaeh .tooth is Y'pre lkeralolyA Y truncatedgp'y; M 4raindallfqrinrtheiouter.ends of the-teeth being,substantially'iiatjandoffsubstantial-- '1" I area." The yseries "ofy teeth upon the4 respec#lffllliefsidewalls. 3019i the frainefl lare vprete' f i' trie vfh'thfeeXS the Sh'fftS-j and #17 respectively and the.; inner surfaces suchlbelowL such-lower vedges to orrn stripper teeth 32and333i'respectively,Iv the inner Sur- V)iO-Apg v. fami/S Of vwhich areclosely adjacent"polaml,k *Y l ,substantiallylconcentric withihe Wiersmalycurved onvrarcsf substantiall fconcenf "j loo ' A'nating in sharppoints.

of the respective rol'ls, thefteeth termi- The inner end of the shaft 23is connected to theend of a spiral or helica'l feeding knife 34Whose'opposite end is s lidablyjournalled in the rear end Wallofrtheiframe.

Prefer-` ab'ly this knife is provided at suitable inter- *ser n A V jInoperation the device vis mounted upon a 15v f the material tok becrushedA 'is Vthrown into i Y' valsvwith projectingspurs 35. n 1 f Theupper edge of -@the frame l 1s fur- 10 nished With upstan'ding,outwardly diver- .gentears 36to-Which a'hopper 37 preferably of' sheetmetal islsecured by mea-ns of'screws suitable receptacle as'above"described and thehopper; `The vcrank 2l is then rotated causingthecrushing rollers torotate toward .eachother and at thesame' timerotating the Vspiral or helical knife 34 which as'indica-ted,

in Fig. 3 is disposed immediately above the angle between the'approaching faces` of the rolls. This rotatingpknifeywith its spurs I1.35,:jbites finto'the material piled into' the,

vhopper and yforcesthe material betweenlthe oppositelyrotating rolls.vThe material'is v p l thus Aj positively Vpresented 'te the crushing"teeth' of'tlierollers "which grip'it and effec- 1 tively crush it sothat it emergesfrom be.- `30' 1 homogeneous "pulpf By reason-of theVfact that the teeth of the crushing rolls` aresubtween' the rolls inthe form ofa substantially stantially` flat attheir"V outer' ends .atrue [crushing action is obtained 4since the end of f vreach' toothlies. closely'adjacent to thebody c of the .oppositeroll asthetoothpasses'doyvn. through the horizontal plane. v "As` the pulpLemergeslbelovvthe bite of the .rolls .mostfof to construct,4 relativelylight" inrLWei'glit" and easy to' handle, and at the Sametime `is. 'ex-"L'zApparatus y y* Vprising a substantially rectangularv l lframehavingvertical end Walls; shafts journalled "'Ijclainaz'V v .j

ofthe class described com.-v

, in'said endl Walls, said shafts being provided With crushing v rollsdisposedk inside ofthe; frame, radially Y.projecting teethupon the r:arrangedin circumferentially extendingv aX- ially spaced series, andribsjupon the inner f surfaces of the 'side "Walls" of the 'frame disposedbetween" adjacent series of" teeth fupon'the respective rolls. l fVK3.2.'Apparatus of the` class described comj' tremely effective fortheintended purpose..

prising a rectangular yframe having vertical end*` Walls provided withvbearing openings,

av pair of'parallel shafts journalledin said openings each shaftcarrying-a crushing roll, the vside Wall of the frame being curved con`vcentrically ivith the axes of said rolls, axially spaced series of teethupon thev cylindrical surface of each roll,"said `teeth' projecting ltoa? position closely adjacent tothe linner surfaces of said curvedsidewalls of thev frame, and ribs lprojecting froml the innerV surfacesof said curved side Walls' dening grooves for rthereceptioncf theteethzof the Y i .j 745 V.

:respective rolls. u 1

3. Apparatus of the'class described comprising a frame opening at topand'bottom having apair of crushing rollstherein, said rolls beingparallel and turning in oppositeY Y directions, the sidewalls of theframe'being curved concentrically".with the aXes'of the adjacent rolls,series of teetliprojecting from the cylindrical surfaces of thero'lls,`

and stripper members projecting downy from` nthe lower edges of the sideWalls of' the frame and lying between a-Xially spaced series teeth oftherespective rollssuch strip# vpers being adapted to strip thelcrushedpulp v i from the outer surfaces ofthe rolls.

. 4. Apparatusof the 'class described com prisingl a framehavingVjournal vopenings in'v its opposite en'dsfor a pair of'parallel shafts,

a crushingrollinounte'd upon each shaft,"

each roll being pro.vided`With axially spaced circumferentiallyextending lseries of crush-V v ing teeth,l theI series of teethupon oneroll" being disposed oppositely tothe spaces between thefgseries ofteeth upon the other ff' j roll,v andmeans for turninglthe lrolls inop#vposite directionsfthe side Walls of the frame" [being prov'ided'yvithchannelslshaped toreceive the teethof the several H j lseries of eachrou as the *rolls are rotatd." l

5. Apparatus of 'thevclass" described com v prising a pair of crushingrolls' each having axially spaced". series ofcrushing 'teethj aframesupporting said vfrolla-said framez-be-f ingprovided "with sidefWallsf curved conv centricallytvithA the surfaces of said rolls, 'Y

the inner faces Yof'sa-id c ur'vedvvallsfbeing 'providedtvithribsfprojecting intothe spacesA i y between ythe seriesfof teethupon therespec-V tive rolls and providing channels Within `Which suchlteeth,move, lsaid ribs lez'rtei'iding beyond the lower edgeo'f the`frameand hav# remove the crushed pulplfrmfthe Surfaces, of the rolls.Signed by f Y ingpointed ends forming stripping teeth toff"v nGlovANNrR. oiiToLnof-

